Table of Contents

PART I: PICTURES AND CONCEPTS.- The Time Dependent Schrödinger Equation.- The Free Particle Wave Packet.- The Gaussian Wavepacket.- Classical-quantum Correspondence.- The Wigner Representation.- Correlation Functions and Spectra.- One Dimensional Barrier Scattering.- PART II: FORMAL THEORY AND METHODS OF APPROXIMATION.- Linear Algebra and Quantum Mechanics.- Approximate Solutions.- Semiclassical Mechanics.- Numerical Methods.- PART III: APPLICATIONS.- Introduction to Molecular Dynamics.- Femtosecond Pulse Pair Excitation.- One and Two-Photon Electronic Spectroscopy.- Strong Field Excitation.- Design of Femtosecond Pulse Sequences to Control Reactions.- Wavepacket Approach to Photodissociation.- Wavepacket Approach to Reactive Scattering.- Projects.- Index.

About the Author

David Tannor - Weizmann Institute of Science, USA.